James
@jamesindevon.bsky.social
The British constitution is all precedent and statue, and there's no precedent for this.
January 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The British constitution is all precedent and statue, and there's no precedent for this.
Any source for that? As far as I can tell it simply hasn't been considered.
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Any source for that? As far as I can tell it simply hasn't been considered.
If she loses many more MPs, Sir Ed Davey might be able to form a Rainbow Alliance and claim he's now the Leader of the Opposition.
I suspect the SNP, Greens, Plaid Cymru, Your Party and quite a few independents world consider it sensible politically and a major laugh.
I suspect the SNP, Greens, Plaid Cymru, Your Party and quite a few independents world consider it sensible politically and a major laugh.
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If she loses many more MPs, Sir Ed Davey might be able to form a Rainbow Alliance and claim he's now the Leader of the Opposition.
I suspect the SNP, Greens, Plaid Cymru, Your Party and quite a few independents world consider it sensible politically and a major laugh.
I suspect the SNP, Greens, Plaid Cymru, Your Party and quite a few independents world consider it sensible politically and a major laugh.
There are, apparently, 118 Tory MPs left.
There are 108 Lib Dem, Independent, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Green, SDLP, Alliance and Your Party MPs.
As far as I can see, they could band together (if the Tories lost many more MPs), form a Rainbow Alliance, and claim to be the Opposition.
There are 108 Lib Dem, Independent, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Green, SDLP, Alliance and Your Party MPs.
As far as I can see, they could band together (if the Tories lost many more MPs), form a Rainbow Alliance, and claim to be the Opposition.
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
There are, apparently, 118 Tory MPs left.
There are 108 Lib Dem, Independent, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Green, SDLP, Alliance and Your Party MPs.
As far as I can see, they could band together (if the Tories lost many more MPs), form a Rainbow Alliance, and claim to be the Opposition.
There are 108 Lib Dem, Independent, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Green, SDLP, Alliance and Your Party MPs.
As far as I can see, they could band together (if the Tories lost many more MPs), form a Rainbow Alliance, and claim to be the Opposition.
I'd invite you to look at the history of the last British Conservative government. Boris Johnson was effectively kicked out in July 2022, to be replaced by Liz Truss, who didn't last two months. This was against the context of a party sufficiently unpopular they were losing even "safe" seats.
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I'd invite you to look at the history of the last British Conservative government. Boris Johnson was effectively kicked out in July 2022, to be replaced by Liz Truss, who didn't last two months. This was against the context of a party sufficiently unpopular they were losing even "safe" seats.
And this is what awaits you in Minehead.
(Got to give Heidi inspiration to continue her scamper...)
(Got to give Heidi inspiration to continue her scamper...)
January 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
And this is what awaits you in Minehead.
(Got to give Heidi inspiration to continue her scamper...)
(Got to give Heidi inspiration to continue her scamper...)
Shame you didn't get any further down the coast: this is what awaits you in Minehead.
January 14, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Shame you didn't get any further down the coast: this is what awaits you in Minehead.
You may have missed that you're responding to a parody account. The satire is there, but it's distressingly plausible. (Liverpool's historic "trade with Africa and America" was the transportation of slaves, for example.)
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 AM
You may have missed that you're responding to a parody account. The satire is there, but it's distressingly plausible. (Liverpool's historic "trade with Africa and America" was the transportation of slaves, for example.)
Depends on the router, cough cough Cisco...
(And, technically, they don't have to analyze the radio spectrum. Not if I've told them what to use.)
(And, technically, they don't have to analyze the radio spectrum. Not if I've told them what to use.)
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Depends on the router, cough cough Cisco...
(And, technically, they don't have to analyze the radio spectrum. Not if I've told them what to use.)
(And, technically, they don't have to analyze the radio spectrum. Not if I've told them what to use.)
As @jayforeman.bsky.social and @markcooperjones.bsky.social will tell you, the Mercator projection makes Greenland look about the same size as all of Africa, when in real life, it's about the size of Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV...
Why every world map is wrong
YouTube video by Jay and Mark
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
As @jayforeman.bsky.social and @markcooperjones.bsky.social will tell you, the Mercator projection makes Greenland look about the same size as all of Africa, when in real life, it's about the size of Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV...
According to Wikipedia, "it was the chapel of the London residence of the Bishops of Ely", and Etheldreda founded the monastery that became the cathedral.
It was profitable to have a well-known saint as a focus for pilgrimages, so the dedication was a cheap form of medieval advertising.
It was profitable to have a well-known saint as a focus for pilgrimages, so the dedication was a cheap form of medieval advertising.
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
According to Wikipedia, "it was the chapel of the London residence of the Bishops of Ely", and Etheldreda founded the monastery that became the cathedral.
It was profitable to have a well-known saint as a focus for pilgrimages, so the dedication was a cheap form of medieval advertising.
It was profitable to have a well-known saint as a focus for pilgrimages, so the dedication was a cheap form of medieval advertising.
Why would that affect UK users? It's only the US operations that were sold.
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Why would that affect UK users? It's only the US operations that were sold.
You can, if you use a fork lift truck to put the car there. The fork lift doesn't need to be on the sidewalk.
One company allegedly got fed up with unauthorised parking, and lifted an offending car onto the top of a container.
And left it there until the owner returned during working hours.
One company allegedly got fed up with unauthorised parking, and lifted an offending car onto the top of a container.
And left it there until the owner returned during working hours.
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
You can, if you use a fork lift truck to put the car there. The fork lift doesn't need to be on the sidewalk.
One company allegedly got fed up with unauthorised parking, and lifted an offending car onto the top of a container.
And left it there until the owner returned during working hours.
One company allegedly got fed up with unauthorised parking, and lifted an offending car onto the top of a container.
And left it there until the owner returned during working hours.
You'd get a similar shadow from Burrow Mump, but the land around isn't flat enough.
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
You'd get a similar shadow from Burrow Mump, but the land around isn't flat enough.
Given the way she's about to be clobbered, no it isn't. It's a regular Alexandrian soldier (the game says they're mostly women) when Steiner and Marcus have just escaped their bird cage.
What is it with Final Fantasy and bird-cage prisons, anyway?
What is it with Final Fantasy and bird-cage prisons, anyway?
January 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Given the way she's about to be clobbered, no it isn't. It's a regular Alexandrian soldier (the game says they're mostly women) when Steiner and Marcus have just escaped their bird cage.
What is it with Final Fantasy and bird-cage prisons, anyway?
What is it with Final Fantasy and bird-cage prisons, anyway?
I've been trying to find something authoritative on this: I'm pretty convinced you're right.
And it's a crime of universal jurisdiction, meaning any country could try the oil executives involved, or potentially the companies, before or after Trump's death.
And it's a crime of universal jurisdiction, meaning any country could try the oil executives involved, or potentially the companies, before or after Trump's death.
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I've been trying to find something authoritative on this: I'm pretty convinced you're right.
And it's a crime of universal jurisdiction, meaning any country could try the oil executives involved, or potentially the companies, before or after Trump's death.
And it's a crime of universal jurisdiction, meaning any country could try the oil executives involved, or potentially the companies, before or after Trump's death.
Maybe he'd have got on better if he had visited the local.
"Slow Trains Around Britain", @tchesshyre.bsky.social
"Slow Trains Around Britain", @tchesshyre.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Maybe he'd have got on better if he had visited the local.
"Slow Trains Around Britain", @tchesshyre.bsky.social
"Slow Trains Around Britain", @tchesshyre.bsky.social
No, Andrea wrote: "Noble's valuation breaks down Tesla's worth into $18 for cars, $20 for battery storage, $30 for robo-taxis, and $12 for robots."
Nothing about worth per share.
$80 for all of Tesla sounds on the low side to me, but closer to reality than their current market capitalisation.
Nothing about worth per share.
$80 for all of Tesla sounds on the low side to me, but closer to reality than their current market capitalisation.
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
No, Andrea wrote: "Noble's valuation breaks down Tesla's worth into $18 for cars, $20 for battery storage, $30 for robo-taxis, and $12 for robots."
Nothing about worth per share.
$80 for all of Tesla sounds on the low side to me, but closer to reality than their current market capitalisation.
Nothing about worth per share.
$80 for all of Tesla sounds on the low side to me, but closer to reality than their current market capitalisation.
January 1987?
I remember trying to get to Hampshire from the Croydon area. The train to London slid backwards four times. At Waterloo we were told they were using welding gear to melt the points. Once they'd melted one set of points, the points froze back in place...
I remember trying to get to Hampshire from the Croydon area. The train to London slid backwards four times. At Waterloo we were told they were using welding gear to melt the points. Once they'd melted one set of points, the points froze back in place...
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
January 1987?
I remember trying to get to Hampshire from the Croydon area. The train to London slid backwards four times. At Waterloo we were told they were using welding gear to melt the points. Once they'd melted one set of points, the points froze back in place...
I remember trying to get to Hampshire from the Croydon area. The train to London slid backwards four times. At Waterloo we were told they were using welding gear to melt the points. Once they'd melted one set of points, the points froze back in place...
Agree with your main point, but as far as I can see Roosevelt in 1944 bombed Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan, occupied France, the Slovak Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea...
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Agree with your main point, but as far as I can see Roosevelt in 1944 bombed Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan, occupied France, the Slovak Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea...
The Web might have been like that, but the Internet wasn't. The further back you go, the less the two terms meant the same thing. Usenet and mailing lists were the social media of the day.
January 4, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The Web might have been like that, but the Internet wasn't. The further back you go, the less the two terms meant the same thing. Usenet and mailing lists were the social media of the day.
In most areas, this would have shaken out over the many centuries when Christian theology was the subject of study of Europe (and North Africa and West Asia)'s brightest and best. The fact that modern understanding of homosexuality is modern meant that couldn't happen.
January 3, 2026 at 5:52 AM
In most areas, this would have shaken out over the many centuries when Christian theology was the subject of study of Europe (and North Africa and West Asia)'s brightest and best. The fact that modern understanding of homosexuality is modern meant that couldn't happen.
It has to be said that there's a lot of bad theology about, which doesn't help different traditions listen to each other. Any leader quoting Old Testament texts without explaining how these provisions interact with Acts 15 should know better.
January 3, 2026 at 5:49 AM
It has to be said that there's a lot of bad theology about, which doesn't help different traditions listen to each other. Any leader quoting Old Testament texts without explaining how these provisions interact with Acts 15 should know better.